# 1979 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships – Singles

Jimmy Connors was the defending champion but did not compete that year.
Vitas Gerulaitis won in the final 4–6, 6–3, 6–1, 7–6 against Guillermo Vilas.

## Seeds

* Vitas Gerulaitis (champion)
* Guillermo Vilas (final)
* Pat Du Pré (first round)
* n/a
* Vijay Amritraj (second round)
* Peter Feigl (quarterfinals)
* Geoff Masters (second round)
* Tom Gorman (second round)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Vitas Gerulaitis | 6 | 7 | | | | | | |
| | Francisco González | 1 | 5 | | | | | | |
| | Francisco González | 1 | 5 | | 1 | Vitas Gerulaitis | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 2 | Guillermo Vilas | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| | Kim Warwick | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | Guillermo Vilas | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | Guillermo Vilas | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | |

### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | V Gerulaitis | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Edmondson | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | V Gerulaitis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Gardiner | 4 | 2 | | | T Rocavert | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Rocavert | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | V Gerulaitis | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | J Newcombe | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | J Newcombe | 1 | 3 | | | | |
| | R Case | 3 | 1 | | | J Newcombe | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Menon | 3 | 5 | | 5 | V Amritraj | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | V Amritraj | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | V Gerulaitis | 6 | 7 |
| LL | C Fancutt | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | F González | 1 | 5 |
| | A Stone | 6 | 6 | | | A Stone | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | F González | 7 | 2 | 6 | | F González | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Frawley | 5 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | F González | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | D Collings | 6 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | D Collings | 1 | 4 | | | | |
| | K Rosewall | 2 | 6 | 6 | | D Collings | 7 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | B Drewett | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7 | G Masters | 6 | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | G Masters | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 8 | T Gorman | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Kachel | 5 | 6 | 3 | 8 | T Gorman | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J James | 1 | 3 | | | K Warwick | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Warwick | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | K Warwick | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | |
| | P Dent | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | P Dent | 3 | 6 | 0 | | | | | |
| | P Kronk | 2 | 6 | 3 | | P Dent | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Mitchell | 6 | 6 | 6 | | M Mitchell | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | P Du Pré | 7 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | K Warwick | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| 6 | P Feigl | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | G Vilas | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| | G Hardie | 3 | 3 | | 6 | P Feigl | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Montaño | 6 | 6 | | | E Montaño | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Marks | 4 | 3 | | | | | | 6 | P Feigl | 6 | 5 | | | | | | |
| Q | D Crealy | 4 | 3 | | | | | | 2 | G Vilas | 7 | 7 | | | | | | |
| | C Drysdale | 6 | 6 | | | C Drysdale | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Letcher | 4 | 2 | | 2 | G Vilas | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | G Vilas | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |